Friday, July 3, 2009

Three Colours Midterm Report (Best of 2009)

Best of 2009 at the Midterm

Well, 2009 has officially reached its mid-way point, and what a year it has been! If the last half even comes close to equaling the front half, this may be the best year of music in the last decade. So for this Fourth of July weekend, Three Colours presents the 2009 Midterm Report. Currently these are the albums and EPs that have found endless rotation. Through incessant overplaying, these releases have ceased to lose their charm. Also included are the best concerts I've been fortunate enough to attend this year. And finally, as a little bonus, a list of the albums I'm obsessively impatient toward their future release.

Top 13 Albums 0f 2009 (thus far)
  1. Handsome Furs - Face Control
  2. White Denim - Fits
  3. Telekinesis - Telekinesis!
  4. White Rabbits - It's Frightening
  5. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer / Moonface
  6. We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
  7. Elvis Perkins in Dearland - S/T LP
  8. Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Tell 'Em What Your Name Is
  9. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
  10. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight
  11. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
  12. Black Math Horseman - Wyllt
  13. The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules
Top 5 EPs of 2009 (thus far)
  1. Beirut - March of the Zapotec EP
  2. Spoon - Got Nuffin EP
  3. Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - S/T EP
  4. Bon Iver - Blood Bank EP
  5. The Blakes - Lights On EP
Best Shows I've Seen (I missed some really good ones this year)
  1. White Denim @ The Tractor (4-5-09)
  2. White Rabbits @ The Crocodile (6-22-09)
  3. Department of Eagles / The Cave Singers @ Neumos (1-28-09)
  4. Plants and Animals @ Nectar (3-17-09)
  5. Telekinesis / The Cave Singers @ Lawnapalooza (5-14-09)
  6. Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears @ The Tractor (5-22-09)
  7. Dr. Dog / The Cave Singers / Golden Boots @ The Crocodile (4-14-09)
Most Anticipated Albums
  1. Spoon - Me and Matty Pickles
  2. The Cave Singers - Welcome Joy
  3. Plants and Animals - TBA
  4. Spencer Krug - Marimba and Drums EP
  5. Fleet Foxes - TBA

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